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Confused about public keys
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Description
I gave someone the public key from https://keybase.io/sanity/key.asc
They replied with a message encrypted with that public key, but when I try to decrypt it via the site I'm told that I'm not hosting my private key with keybase.
The problem is that I've got no idea which private key corresponds to the public key I gave this person (I've been reinstalling software on some laptops lately).
This is very confusing :/
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The report names no source file, test, or concrete change. Begin by reproducing the decryption flow from the keybase.io key URL and inspect how the site handles a missing private key; done would require a maintainer-defined fix or clearer guidance.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cryptography
- Domain
- cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100